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Pope Francis, who recently lamented he can't slip out and get a pizza like he used to, finally got a pie — albeit one hand-delivered to his popemobile. Pizza maker Enzo Cacialli had a pie on hand as Francis sped by the Naples waterfront Saturday during his one-day visit to the city famous for its pizza. In a video made by a co-worker at the "Don Ernesto" pizzeria, Cacialli is seen getting close enough to the popemobile to make the delivery as the crowd behind him cheers. Cacialli, whose father made pizza for a visiting President Bill Clinton in 1994, told Naples' Il Mattino that he used yellow tomatoes rather than red to reflect the colors of the Holy See. He...

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Pope Francis, who recently lamented he can't slip out and get a pizza like he used to, finally got a pie — albeit one hand-delivered to his popemobile. Pizza maker Enzo Cacialli had a pie on hand as Francis sped by the Naples waterfront Saturday during...

Even as we grumble about the inescapability of ’16 election talk (especially since we still have a 2015 state election to get through) it’s hard for political junkies to resist a poll and so: Quinnipiac University’s latest swing state survey has Hillary...

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When it came to the U.S. Senate, Hampton Roads spoke with a strongly Democratic voice Tuesday. But in its congressional districts — considered among the most badly gerrymandered in the nation — not so much.
The region went 54 percent to 46 percent for...

NEWPORT NEWS — With about two and a half weeks until Election Day, Virginia's U.S. Senate candidates paid a visit to Newport News for a forum to talk policy and politics at Christopher Newport University.
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President Barack Obama signed an executive order Monday barring federal contractors from discriminating against gay employees and prohibiting discrimination against federal workers who identify as transgender.
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Equal treatmentI was proud to see the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals overturn Virginia's ban on same-sex marriages. Contrary to the motto, Virginia has not always been "for lovers." In the case of Loving v. Virginia, the U.S. Supreme...

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David Wilson remembers a few unpleasantries hurled in the direction of Virginia Tech's players from Virginia fans in 2009 during his first trip to Scott Stadium. As a representative of the enemy of all enemies to folks in Charlottesville, he kind of...

Turns out I wasn’t the only one unimpressed by Virginia Tech’s 17-10 victory at East Carolina on Saturday.
The Hokies fell from 11th to 13th in the Associated Press poll released Sunday afternoon.
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His CD collection includes The Cowboy Junkies, Sade and Van Halen. his vocabulary is liberally sprinkled with "cool,'' and he's crazy enough to wear a sweatshirt during practice on a 95-degree day. He's as polished as Bill Clinton -- minus the...